Infinitely Losing My Edge
Yeah, I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge.
The kids are coming up from behind.
I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge to the kids from Lesotho and from Cairo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Neu! show in Düsseldorf.
I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge to the kids whose footsteps I hear when they get on the decks.
I'm losing my edge to the internet seekers who can tell me every member of every good group from 1960 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manchester and Seoul.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Delhi kids in little jackets and borrowed nostalgia for the unremembered nineties.
I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge.
I can hear the footsteps every night on the decks.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971 at the first Neu! practice in a loft in Düsseldorf.
I was working on the spring reverb sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay started up his first band.
I told him, "Don't do it that way. You'll never make a dime."
I was there.
I was the first guy playing Gang of Four to the funk kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
Everybody thought I was crazy.
We all know.
I was there.
I was there.
I've never been wrong.
But I'm losing my edge to better-looking people with better ideas and more talent.
And they're actually really, really nice.
I'm losing my edge.
I heard you have a compilation of every good song ever done by anybody.
Every great song by Arthur Verocai. All the underground hits.
All Rakim tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Godley & Creme record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying an arpeggiator and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Public Enemy record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Silicon Teens,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Barclay James Harvest,
Idris Muhammad,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Livin' Joy,
Ossler,
Matthew Halsall,
Sonic Youth,
The Slackers,
Joey Negro,
New Order,
CMW,
Johnny Clarke,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Groovy Waters,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Amon Düül,
Rod Modell,
The Neon Judgement,
The Toasters,
Lower 48,
Toni Rubio,
Lucky Dragons,
Fear,
Cheater Slicks,
Lee Hazlewood,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Subhumans,
Wally Richardson,
Duran Duran,
Index,
Agitation Free,
The Modern Lovers,
Siglo XX,
Marmalade,
The Cowsills,
Hasil Adkins,
Byron Stingily,
Black Flag,
Junior Murvin,
Isaac Hayes,
Rites of Spring,
Letta Mbulu,
Mantronix,
Mark Hollis,
Roy Ayers,
the Slits,
the Bar-Kays,
Ken Boothe,
Drexciya,
Rekid,
Tomorrow,
Camouflage,
the Association,
Crispian St. Peters,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Kayak,
Franke,
John Cale,
Outsiders, Outsiders, Outsiders, Outsiders.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.